Western Africa

Western Africa

Population

353,395,000

Living Languages

885

Institutional: 58, Developing: 221, Vigorous: 498, In Trouble: 59, Dying: 49

For categories, see Development and Endangerment.

Benin

Population

10800000

Living Languages

55

Languages by Status

Institutional

8

Developing

21

Vigorous

24

In Trouble

1

Dying

1

Burkina Faso

Population

19034000

Living Languages

71

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

25

Vigorous

28

In Trouble

13

Dying

2

Cape Verde Islands

Population

527000

Living Languages

2

Languages by Status

Institutional

2

Developing

0

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

0

Côte d’Ivoire

Population

23900000

Living Languages

84

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

36

Vigorous

36

In Trouble

6

Dying

2

Gambia

Population

2000000

Living Languages

11

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

2

Vigorous

4

In Trouble

1

Dying

1

Ghana

Population

27670000

Living Languages

81

Languages by Status

Institutional

13

Developing

46

Vigorous

15

In Trouble

7

Dying

0

Guinea

Population

10523000

Living Languages

36

Languages by Status

Institutional

5

Developing

10

Vigorous

17

In Trouble

2

Dying

2

Guinea-Bissau

Population

1759000

Living Languages

23

Languages by Status

Institutional

1

Developing

8

Vigorous

9

In Trouble

3

Dying

2

Liberia

Population

4500000

Living Languages

31

Languages by Status

Institutional

2

Developing

17

Vigorous

11

In Trouble

0

Dying

1

Mali

Population

17467000

Living Languages

68

Languages by Status

Institutional

8

Developing

18

Vigorous

36

In Trouble

6

Dying

0

Mauritania

Population

4166000

Living Languages

7

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

3

Vigorous

0

In Trouble

0

Dying

1

Niger

Population

19700000

Living Languages

22

Languages by Status

Institutional

5

Developing

7

Vigorous

9

In Trouble

1

Dying

0

Nigeria

Population

182200000

Living Languages

520

Languages by Status

Institutional

20

Developing

78

Vigorous

350

In Trouble

28

Dying

44

Senegal

Population

14800000

Living Languages

38

Languages by Status

Institutional

3

Developing

18

Vigorous

7

In Trouble

8

Dying

2

Sierra Leone

Population

6592000

Living Languages

24

Languages by Status

Institutional

6

Developing

13

Vigorous

2

In Trouble

1

Dying

2

Togo

Population

7757000

Living Languages

44

Languages by Status

Institutional

4

Developing

22

Vigorous

16

In Trouble

2

Dying

0

Browse Countries

Benin	Gambia	Liberia	Nigeria
Burkina Faso	Ghana	Mali	Senegal
Cape Verde Islands	Guinea	Mauritania	Sierra Leone
Côte d’Ivoire	Guinea-Bissau	Niger	Togo